Simply put, this is a mental illness with fluctuating emotions. It goes without saying that living around him is normal. People will suffer terribly, and this kind of suffering is more not in how you face his manic emotions, but in how to adapt to his ups and downs.
Well, this is not an article about "how to get along with people with manic depression", so let's go back to the movie itself.
"Forever Polar Bear" is the first feature-length film filmed by director Maya Forbes based on his own experience. The old-fashioned camera shots appearing many times in the article repeatedly emphasize the documentary nature of this film and its chronological music. , As if I wanted to pull us back to the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. I’m sorry that I don’t have any memory of that time and place. I only search through the Internet. It seems that for Americans, the 1960s and 70s were not a pleasant experience. This is especially true for the Cam family over time.
Looking back at the whole film, what moved us is not how strong mothers persisted in her father who was suffering from illness. On the contrary, as an audience, she felt a bit cruel at the beginning of Maggie’s choice to leave home to study. Reluctantly, maybe the two who are bathed in love will not be blocked by the disease, but in the long life, in the face of the irreconcilable contradictions between normal people and the mentally ill, and in the face of the impoverished life, Maggie Disappointment and annoyance with her husband, Maggie's complaint at the table-I hope I can be a woman instead of running around for a living like a man. Even as a man, I can feel the same.
Having said that, what moved us was precisely after all these unsatisfactory, after people expressed their various dissatisfaction, what was left was still love for each other, for Maggie, and for Cam and the two girls. When Cam lost control of his emotions, removed the car parts, and yelled at Maggie and the children hiding in the car, what we saw was his regretful eyes, and Maggie, who was holding the children, said to the girls, we We all know that Dad is a good person, and we also know that he will not hurt us; when Cam was arguing with the girls, overwhelmed, slammed the door, and at the end of the corridor, he found his children from a distance, so he still chose Stay at home, clean up the dirty floors and smashed doors when you lost control. The girls also gave their father hugs. This kind of guilty hug to each other, and the warmth brought by holding together because of excitement, cannot be On the same day, this kind of hug really warms people's hearts. I believe that you, who once quarreled with your partner and ended up embracing each other, will definitely feel the same way.
Most of the film's pen and ink revolves around the father and the child. We can see that for a normal person, they may all be a heavy burden. They are weighed on Cam, a mentally ill person, little by little, like Picking up the various threads that are entangled due to moving, gradually straightening the threads of life, constantly challenging one's mental power, and trying to convey and demonstrate all kinds of positive energy to the children, although this kind of transmission sometimes seems The chatter is endless, and the neighbors in the neighborhood avoid it for fear.
The film does not describe Maggie's school life too much, but it takes nearly 10 hours to travel from New York to Boston every week. It is not difficult to imagine that Maggie's life is also not easy.
The film tells the life of such a family for one year. Like many slightly literary and artistic films, it is tepid and does not have too many hot spots. At the end of the film, facing the difficulties of life, the mother had to choose to leave again. The picture of the old-fashioned camera appeared again. This time, the content of the picture reflected the mother’s unbearable heart and couldn’t bear to leave Kam alone. When she When the difficult decision was made to go to a different place to work alone, the couple in distress cried and shed tears, and the tears that appeared at the same time were not to give each other hugs, but to support each other.
We don’t know how many elements in the film are real, nor do we know how much more difficulties will arise in real life than in the film, but Forbes, who is also a director and screenwriter, presents it in such a dull and even comedic tone. Our own childhood experience should make us feel relieved. The appearance of the film prototype at the end is just like the text that often appears on the title page-"To my father and mother".
I think this is the main theme of the movie, dedicated to those who still support each other in adversity.
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